| Ladyhawke (1985) | 6.9 | |
| Macbeth (1971) | 7.4 | |
| The Message (1976) | 8.1 | |
| Hard to Be a God (2013) | 6.5 | |
| Game of Thrones (2011) | 9.2 |
Medieval times movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant medieval times movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period piece, serious, period drama, epic, exciting and costume drama films and TV shows about / with medieval, knight, sword, ancient, death, sword fight, brutality, vengeance, heroes and violence plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as medieval times: The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006), The Royal Siren (2010), Escape (2012), Black Plague (2002), Black Death (2010), The Northman (2022), Hard to Be a God (2013), Vikings: Valhalla (2022), The Name of the Rose (1986), Conquest 1453 (2012).
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List of medieval times movies
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
Style:
sexy, epic, captivating, exciting, romantic
Plot:
lesbianism, defloration, nudity, religion, love, adultery, heroes, virginity, medieval, sex, lesbian, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
ottoman empire, spain, istanbul turkey, constantinople
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspense, sincere, period piece ...
Plot:
medieval, male female relationship, investigation, brothel, slutty woman, rape, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, nudity, forced marriage, slutty attitude ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ten years after the Black Death devastated the country, a poor family sets out on a journey to search for better living conditions. In a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless killer thieves. The only one spared is 19 year ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, bandit, captive, wilderness, viking, escape, orphan, friendship between girls, sword and shield, ruthlessness, revenge, on the run ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Paranoia sets in as the Black Death strikes European villagers in the 14th century.
Style:
period piece, captivating, sentimental, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
medieval, bubonic plague, revenge, vengeance, plague, sorcery, sword and sorcery, couple relations, friendship, hostage, bittersweet, love affair ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
france, england
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style:
gothic, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
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296K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his ...
Style:
saga, cerebral, period piece, dark, tense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
revenge, viking, medieval, fight, prince, vengeance, sex scene, murder of father, nobility, ship, norse mythology, sword ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, 2020s, 10th century
Place:
iceland, ukraine, northern ireland, europe, fictional island
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case ...
Style:
surreal, black and white, philosophical, serious, art house ...
Plot:
distant planet, renaissance, medieval, murder, human nature, horse, moral dilemma, society, planet, mental disorder, execution, humanity ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dramatizes the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror. These men and women will blaze a path as they fight for survival ...
Style:
tense, costume drama, exciting, historical drama, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, medieval, norse mythology, battles, ancient, warrior, heroes, female nudity, revenge, war, legends and myths, fight ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 11th century
Place:
scandinavia, ukraine, lithuania, latvia, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's ...
Style:
intellectual, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
clergy, medieval, investigation, monastery, monk, whodunit, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, ancient, religion, riddles and clues ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
europe, france, south of france, italy, canada
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.
Style:
tense, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise to the top, emperor, medieval, sultan, conquering, prophet, siege, politics, throne, muslim, turk, sword fight ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, constantinople, middle east, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, bloody, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sword fight, war, courage, freedom, medieval, vengeance, tragic hero, battles, military, love story, warrior, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, britain ...
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182K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, ...
Style:
exciting, period piece, costume drama, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
king arthur, knight, medieval, king, arthurian legend, sword fight, military, combat, battles, sword and shield, roman empire, swords and armor ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, ancient times, year 2004 ...
Place:
britain, scotland, england, europe, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Style:
epic, serious, costume drama, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
knight, sword fight, war, medieval, crusade, battles, warrior, siege, muslim, crusader, sword and shield, christianity ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 2005 ...
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With ...
Style:
feel good, period piece, inspirational, romantic, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
medieval, knight, sword fight, jousting, love and romance, love story, sword duel, against the odds, love, swords and armor, writers, fall in love ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2001, ancient times, 14th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, france, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study ...
Style:
captivating, breathtaking, costume drama, serious, scenic ...
Plot:
medicine, follow your dream, surgery, apprentice, medieval, culture clash, medical school, orphan, healer, doctors and patients, ambition, christian ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, year 2014, 12th century ...
Place:
persia, iran, germany, israel, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Spain, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a ...
Style:
atmospheric, intense, captivating, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, rape, betrayal, medieval, sex, siege, soldier, life is a bitch, plague, mercenary, battles, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, medieval times, year 1985, 18th century ...
Place:
europe, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bizarre black comedy about 15th-century Paris lawyer Richard Courtois (Firth) who decides to ply his trade in the country, only to find things stranger than he can imagine. His first case turns out to be defending a pig that's accused of ...
Style:
tense, stylized, intense, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
medieval, courtroom drama, murder, tudors, investigation, french countryside, prejudice, lawyer, twists and turns, disorder, society, legal ...
Time:
medieval times, 15th century, middle ages, year 1993, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.
Style:
epic, exciting, scenic, gothic, intense ...
Plot:
sword fight, viking, barbarian, sword and sorcery, medieval, sword, mythology, combat, battles, warrior, mission, arab ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 10th century, year 1999
Place:
baghdad iraq, scandinavia, iraq
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's novel of the same name.
Style:
captivating, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
medieval, king, power struggle, state affairs, throne, cathedral, erotic scene, monarchy, heir, religions or cults, catholic church, female nudity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, ancient times, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they Arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman bing sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. ...
Style:
costume drama, stylized, scenic, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
medieval, redemption, murder, brutality, justice, male rape, twists and turns, art, investigation, culture clash, amateur detective, priest ...
Time:
14th century, medieval times, middle ages, year 2002
Place:
england, europe, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A knight returning from the Crusades takes on a dragon and becomes a legend.
Style:
serious, exciting, light, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dragon, sword, mother superior, clergy, good versus evil, wooing, rivalry, danger, nun, catholic priest, heroes, sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place:
england, europe, holy land, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Germany, UK, South Africa, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
TV show
Story:
She inherits a house in the South of France from an aunt she has never met; she is haunted by dreams of a woman from the past, whom she does not know; and now she stumbles upon an archaeological find that will bear witness to a genocide committed ...
Style:
stylized, tense, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
medieval, archaeologist, holy grail, crusade, rough sex, female nudity, sex scene, sect, legends and myths, tombs and skeletons, danger, obsessive quest ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2012, 13th century, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, south of france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Norway, Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little daughter, the families teenage son, Aigin, observes the ...
Style:
period piece, suspenseful, cult horror, cult classic, serious ...
Plot:
medieval, lapland, survival, indigenous people, viking, winter, snow, coming of age, nature, heroes, sapmi, female nudity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 11th century, 10th century
Place:
europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
robin hood, farce, medieval, satire, wedding, king, righting the wronged, chastity belt, bow and arrow, virgin, arson, blind man ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 20th century, 90s, 12th century ...
Place:
england, arizona, jerusalem, new jersey, egypt
Is relevant?
69K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, period piece, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
time travel, knight, time machine, archaeology, medieval, changing the past or future, danger, siege, twists and turns, parallel universe, time, sword and shield ...
Time:
medieval times, future, year 2003, middle ages, 14th century ...
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, bleak, art house, brutal ...
Plot:
viking, danger, norse mythology, death, lone wolves, warrior, vengeance, mute, all male cast, violence, nordic, new world ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, year 2009, ancient times ...
Place:
jerusalem, highlands, scotland, europe, holy land
Is relevant?
204K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style:
historical drama, cerebral, costume drama, suspense, epic ...
Audience:
date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
duel, medieval, rape, husband wife relationship, violence, knight, revenge, sword duel, murder, jousting, group sex, nudity ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place:
france, normandy, scotland, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
A unique re-working of the Arthurian epic, based on the novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon tells the familiar tale but with an important twist: The story is told through the eyes of the women who wielded power behind King ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, exciting, fairy tale, arthurian ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
arthurian legend, medieval, magic, brother sister sex, imaginary, pagan, legends and myths, knight, religion, sword fight, state affairs, family relations ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 5th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. ...
Style:
serious, exciting, atmospheric, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
medieval, state affairs, forbidden love, sword and shield, battlefield, escapades, military, homecoming, danger, leadership, heroes, battle zone ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place:
holy land, europe, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A fantasy re-telling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Style:
cerebral, costume drama, bleak, surreal, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
creature, medieval, king arthur, myth, ghost, arthurian legend, headless horseman, knight, monster, legend, monarch, fear ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 2020s
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